Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Synonym: Cardiopsis Meek and Worthen 1862
Parent taxon: Cardiolidae according to J. Kříž 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Meek and Worthen 1862, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cardavia, Cardicarnia, Cardiobeleba, Cardiolinka, Cardiolopsis, Carnalpia, Cominicula, Copenychia, Isiola, Nutricula, Ontaria, Pygolfia, Snoopyia
Subtaxa: Cardiola donigala Cardiola filicostata Cardiola geminans Cardiola lyoni Cardiola retrostriatum Cardiola signata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Romania (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Iowa, Missouri)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1), Mauritania (1)
• Silurian of Algeria (4), Austria (8), China (1), Czechia (24), Estonia (1), Germany (2), Italy (7), Lithuania (6), Morocco (20), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Maine), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 100 collections including 139 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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